CFUnited Blog - surveyhttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm This is the development blog.en-usFri, 18 Aug 2017 00:55:50 -0400Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:17:00 -0400BlogCFChttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssmichael@teratech.commichael@teratech.commichael@teratech.comnoState of the CF Union survey 2016http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2016/1/20/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2016 <p>This year&#39;s State of the CF Union survey is now <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2016">live</a>!&nbsp;<br /> Thanks for participating! It will help us all determine what versions of CFML are most popular today, plus the top frameworks, tools, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p>The summary results will be available afterwards to everyone who completes the survey,so that you can compare yourself with other CFers.&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/Depositphotos_11149615_s-2015.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The survey will help you stay up-to-date on the tools that most developers use, top databases and see get to know more about the project issues you encounter and if other developers have them too.</p> <p>The final results of the survey will be announced on Friday, April 10, 2015. Thanks for taking the survey today.</p> surveyWed, 20 Jan 2016 16:17:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2016/1/20/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2016State of the CF Union survey 2015 - partial resultshttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015--partial-results <p>Below are the partial results to date for the 2015 State of the CF Union survey. If you missed the survey you can take it <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/StateCFUnion2015">here</a>. See how you compare with other CFML developers. Discover what most developers use for tools, languages, database and development methods.</p> <p>Can you help? If you are on a ColdFusion list, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google group please share the survey so that we can get a more complete picture of the current State of the CF Union. Thanks!<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>I will announce the final results on Friday 4/10/15</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe height="800" src="https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-TGZK98H7/" width="100%"></iframe></p> <p>Scroll right to see numbers and percentages, scroll down to view more results<br /> <br /> Note that the results are batched processed so they may not include your votes immediately. Check back in a few hours if you want to be sure.</p> surveyMon, 30 Mar 2015 20:44:27 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015--partial-resultsState of the CF Union survey 2015http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/27/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015 <div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This year&#39;s (Better Late than Never) <strong>State of the CF&nbsp;Union&nbsp;survey</strong> is now <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/StateCFUnion2015">live</a>!&nbsp;</span></span></span> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thanks for participating! It will help us all determine what versions of CFML are most popular today, plus the top frameworks, tools, etc.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The summary results will be available afterwards to everyone who completes the survey,so that you can compare yourself with other CFers.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;"><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/Depositphotos_11125357_xs.jpg" style="height:283px; width:424px" /></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The survey will help you stay up-to-date on the tools that most developers use, top databases and see get to know more about the project issues you encounter and if other developers have them too.</span></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The final results of the survey will be announced on Friday, April 10, 2015. Thanks for taking the <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/StateCFUnion2015">survey</a> today.</span></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> surveyFri, 27 Mar 2015 02:44:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/27/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015State of the CF Union survey 2014 - partial resultshttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/5/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014--partial-results <p>Below are the partial results to date for the <strong>2014 State of the CF Union</strong> survey. If you missed the survey you can take it <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TJHGRYG">here</a>. See how you compare with other CFML developers. Discover what most developers use for tools, languages, database and development methods.</p> <p>Can you help? If you are on a ColdFusion list, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google group please share the survey so that we can get a more complete picture of the current State of the CF Union. Thanks!<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>I will announce the final results on Tuesday Feb 11th 2014.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe height="500" scrolling="yes" src="https://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=R_2frD10W2auuwE8Wp7379m_2fPJW0JbnM6JkRTAssAnAKU_3d" width="500">Partial results</iframe></p> <p>Scroll right to see numbers and percentages, scroll down to view more results</p> <p>Note that the results are batched processed so they may not include your votes immediately. Check back in a few hours if you want to be sure.</p> surveyWed, 05 Feb 2014 07:30:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/5/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014--partial-resultsState of the CF Union survey 2014http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/1/28/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014 <p>Help us find out the <strong>State of the CF Union</strong> with this <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TJHGRYG">survey </a>- what versions of ColdFusion do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the summary results and a report on the state of the union with everyone who completes the survey so that you can see how you compare with other CFML developers. That way you can stay ahead of what tools top developers are using today, what databases are hot and see if the project issues you have are common or unique.</p> <p>Hey perhaps acting on the gap between where you are today and what you see in the survey report will get you that next promotion or new job. Or at the least make your next project more successful. Knowledge is power!</p> <p>Thanks for your time completing this survey.</p> <p>We will announce the final results on Tuesday Feb 11th 2014.</p> <p><img alt="President Obama" src="http://www.teratech.com/blog/images/slideshows//Website%20Images/2011_State_of_the_Union.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Survey Q and A</h2> <ul> <li>Q: Where are the results from previous years&#39; surveys?</li> <li>A: CF State of the Union 2013 survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/1/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-results">here</a>.</li> <li>CF State of the Union 2010 survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/29/State-of-the-CF-Union-results-and-winner">here</a>.</li> <li>CF State of Hosting 2010 survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/22/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--partial-results">here</a>.</li> </ul> <p><br /> If you have other suggestions please comment or email me.</p> surveyTue, 28 Jan 2014 10:30:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/1/28/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014State of the CF Union survey 2013 - results and winnerhttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/12/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--results-and-winner <p>Thank you everyone who voted in the <strong>State of the CF Union 2013</strong> survey. Despite some worries ColdFusion is alive and well with a new version released since the last survey 3 years ago, and another in the works. I noticed that many folks are not on the latest version of CF and are yet to adopt a framework. However CFC use is nearly universal. And open source products such as CFEclipse, MySQL and Railo are used by about half of developers. Group learning resources such as user groups and conferences are used by about half of developers (down a bit since last survey).</p> <p>Here are some of the interesting things I learned from the detailed <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/5/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014--partial-results">results</a>:</p> <ul> <li>Three quarters of developers are using <strong>CF9</strong>, with about half that number using CF10. This is a similar adoption curve as 3 years ago for CF8/9</li> <li>If you are running CF7 or earlier you are behind the curve</li> <li>Just over quarter of developers are using the open source <strong>Railo</strong> ColdFusion, little change from 3 years ago</li> <li>More than half are using <strong>Enterprise </strong>CF (vs Standard). The ratio of Ent/Std is little changed from 3 years ago.</li> <li>80% run on <strong>Windows</strong>. Same as 3 years ago.</li> <li>A 30% use <strong>Fusebox </strong>with other frameworks FW/1 and ColdBox the second and third most used. Fusebox, Model Glue and Mach-II have declined in use over the past 3 years, ColdBox about the same and FW/1 has increased in use. However the most popular "framework" is No Framework at all.</li> <li>While nearly everyone uses <strong>CFC</strong>s just less than half use <strong>ColdSpring </strong>or similar to organize their CFC and only one in three do data via CFCs using ORM. These are respectively slight and substantial increases in dependance injection and DAL use over 3 years ago.</li> <li>UDFs, Custom tags and CFIncludes are still as popular ways to reuse code as they were 3 years ago but still a little behind CFCs in popularity.</li> <li>Most developers have used CF for more than 10 years and 90% use object orientation</li> <li>CFers are heavily <strong>multi-lingual</strong> - using Java, PHP and .Net in large numbers. These languages are in similar use by CFers as 3 years ago, where as Flex and AIR use has declined by about half over this time period.</li> <li><strong>SQL Server</strong> remains the database of choice, with MySQL closely following. Oracle and Access runners up. All except Access are used by similar percentages as 3 years ago, with a moderate decline in Access use.</li> <li>Half of developers use <strong>subversion</strong>, and Git is now used by a third (up since 3 years ago). But the same 20% as 3 years ago of developers don't do source code control at all.</li> <li><strong>CF Builder</strong>, Dreamweaver and CFEclipse are the top tools, all used by a similar number of developers. CFEclipse is down in use a bit over 3 years ago.</li> <li>Half of developer attend a local <strong>user group</strong> some of the time, which is down over 3 years ago.</li> <li><strong>CF.Objective()</strong> is the most attended conference by CF developers, followed by MAX. Overall conference attendence is down as a percentage of respondees.</li> <li>The top challenges facing developers today is <strong>too much work</strong>, followed by maintaining someone else's <strong>badly written code</strong> and integrating with legacy apps and security issues.</li> </ul> <p>And the winner of the copy of FusionReactor is Paul Ihrig of Columbus OH. If you need to get on top of your backlog of work, learn new CF features, meet ORM gurus then check out our developer webinar series.</p> <p> </p> surveyTue, 12 Feb 2013 21:38:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/12/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--results-and-winnerState of the CF Union survey 2013 - partial resultshttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/31/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-results <p>Below are the partial results to date for the <strong>State of the CF Union</strong> survey. If you missed the survey you can take it <a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e6zmb0m7hcl2jhbj/start ">here</a>. See how you compare with other CF developers.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>We will announce the final results on the day of President Obama&#39;s State of the Union address (Feb 12th 2013).</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-1.jpg" style="height:327px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-2.jpg" style="height:416px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-3.jpg" style="height:638px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-4.jpg" style="height:418px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-5.jpg" style="height:604px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-6.jpg" style="height:593px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-7.jpg" style="height:575px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-8.jpg" style="height:538px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-9.jpg" style="height:354px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-10.jpg" style="height:366px; width:400px" /></p> <p>Note that the results are batched processed so they may not include your votes immediately. Check back in a few hours if you want to be sure.</p> surveyThu, 31 Jan 2013 22:50:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/31/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-resultsState of the CF Union survey 2013http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013 <p>Help us find out the <span style="font-weight: bold;">State of the CF Union</span> with this <a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e6zmb0m7hcl2jhbj/start">survey </a>- what versions of ColdFusion do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the <a href='http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/1/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-results'>summary results</a> with everyone so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers. Thanks for your time completing this survey!</p> <p>Update: we will draw one person at random from all the survey entrants to win a copy of FusionReactor 1 YR Standard license (a $249 value). (Must provide email to be entered in drawing. You can still take the survey without providing email if you prefer to contribute to the results.</p> <p>We will announce the final results on the day of President Obama's State of the Union address, Feb 12th</p> <p><img alt="President Obama" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/large_obama-speech-poll.jpg" /></p> <h2>Survey Q and A</h2> <p>I got some questions after posting the survey. <UL> <LI>Q: why is this survey appearing here,of all places. <LI>A: The previous state of the union surveys were on CFUnited.com so I just copied and edited the blog entry on there. Didn't realize that this might be confusing to some. Also I am planning to post CF developer and upcoming developer webinar related posts on cfunited.com, so made sense to put the survey here. <BR> <LI>Q: The site is still "about" CFunited even though the event has not happened in 3 years, might confuse some folks. Are you giving any thought to revising the site to remove current conference event references (like register, pricing, topics, tracks, schedule, travel)? <LI>A: Great suggestion, we will remove those (might take a bit of time to redo the graphics). I want to keep all the past presos and other historical CFUnited content. And not have the site be confusing. <BR> <LI>Q: Where are the results from previous years' surveys? <LI>A: CF State of the Union 2010 survey results are <a href='http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/29/State-of-the-CF-Union-results-and-winner'>here</a>. <LI>CF State of Hosting survey results are <a href='http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/22/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--partial-results'>here</a>. </UL> <BR> If you have other suggestions please comment or email me. surveyWed, 30 Jan 2013 17:31:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013CFUnited Session and Speaker Feedbackhttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/7/29/CFUnited-Session-and-Speaker-Feedback If you went to sessions at CFUnited-10 that were amazing, or ones that sucked or anywhere in between, then let us and the speakers know with this <a href='http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2zczkg3gc6wzyu6/start'>session feedback</a> form. You can use it several times - upto once for each session/speaker you attend. So bookmark this post for use during the rest of the week. It only takes a minute or two to complete and I know both we and our speakers read all your comments in detail to see what is going well and what can be improved.<br> Thanks surveyThu, 29 Jul 2010 09:10:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/7/29/CFUnited-Session-and-Speaker-FeedbackCFUnited CF Server Hosting survey - raffle winnershttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/5/6/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--raffle-winners <p>Thanks everyone who took the hosting <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/19/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--win-a-CFUnited-ticket--iPod-or-Fusion-Reactor">survey</a>. The raffle winners are: <ul> <li>CFUnited ticket - Matthew Warren Ken Cook Co. Milwaukee WI <li>iPod - Steve Holland Fusecast LLC Highland UT <li>iPod - Kevin Pyles The Hilltop Institute Columbia MD <li>Fusion Reactor - Shaun McCran The direct agency England </ul> </P> <P>Thank you everyone who entered the survey - you can see summary results <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/22/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--partial-results">here</a>. And thank you to <a href='http://www.edgewebhosting.net/'>Edgeweb Hosting</a> and <a href='http://www.fusion-reactor.com/'>Integral</a> (Fusion Reactor) for donating the additional prizes! surveyThu, 06 May 2010 15:41:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/5/6/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--raffle-winnersCFUnited CF Server Hosting survey - partial resultshttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/22/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--partial-results <p>Below are the partial results to date for the <strong>CF Server Hosting survey</strong> survey. If you missed the survey you can take it <a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2usgru9g836jj3i/start">here</a>. See how you compare with other CF developers.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>We will announce the final survey results and raffle winners the first week of May.</p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-1.jpg" style="height:511px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-2.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-3.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-4.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-5.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-6.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-7.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-8.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-9.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-10.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-11.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-12.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-13.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-14.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-15.jpg" style="height:474px; width:634px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-17.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-18.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2010-19.jpg" style="height:474px; width:400px" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Note that the results are batched processed so they may not include your votes immediately. Check back in a few hours if you want to be sure.</p> surveyThu, 22 Apr 2010 13:06:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/22/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--partial-resultsCFUnited CF Server Hosting survey - win a CFUnited ticket, iPod, or Fusion Reactorhttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/19/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--win-a-CFUnited-ticket--iPod-or-Fusion-Reactor <p>After the successful State of the CF Union survey, we wanted to find out more details about the state of CF hosting in 2010. Help us find out what ColdFusion hosting issues people have with this <a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2usgru9g836jj3i/start">survey </a>. We will share the summary results with everyone so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers. Additionally, everyone who completes the survey will get a copy of a 25-page report on Advanced Application and Server Troubleshooting Techniques by hosting expert Edgeweb CEO, Vlad Friedman. Thanks for your time completing this survey!</p> <p>Plus we will raffle off one ticket to <a href="http://www.cfunited.com">CFUnited</a> (a $1049 value), two 8 Gb iPod Touches and one copy of Fusion Reactor picked at random from everyone who completes the survey. You have four chances to win something awesome!</p> <img src='http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/iPodTouch.jpg' alt='iPod'> <img src='http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/fusionreactor_new.jpg' alt='Fusion Reactor'> <img src='http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/CFUnitedTalk.jpg' alt='CFUnited'> <p>The raffle closes on Friday April 30th. We will announce the winners and final results the following week. </p> contestsurveyMon, 19 Apr 2010 12:28:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/19/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--win-a-CFUnited-ticket--iPod-or-Fusion-ReactorWhat developers are saying about ColdFusion and CFUnitedhttp://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/23/What-developers-are-saying-about-ColdFusion-and-CFUnited Here are some comments from the State of the CF Union survey the other month: <UL> <LI>(Roy Martin Emerge Interactive) It is very exciting to see the passion and growing involvement in the ColdFusion community since I joined it in 2005. I'm looking forward to joining members outside of my immediate community events and experience the excitement from the conferences first hand. <LI>(Seth Aaronson sethron) ColdFusion still makes difficult stuff easy. <LI>(Steven Rubenstein Emaze, Inc.) CF still beats all other development languages. But it would be much easier if CF were more accepted in general. Everyone wants Ruby or PHP because they are free and there are more developers available for those languages. <LI>(Chuck Stazo UPS) I enjoyed attending CFUnited in 2009; I was able to meet and listen to many of the people whose blogs have helped me become a better coder. Having only been a CF developer for a few years, attending CFUnited really gave me a good sense of what people were doing with the technology and how they were pushing the boundaries of what the technology could do. At the time CF9 was only in beta and it was amazing to me how many people were out there working with the new product and how much they really knew about new features and functionality. I have worked with other development languages and have struggled in the beginning to get up to speed on syntax and best practices, resources were hard to come by and web search results were mediocre at best. With CF and CF users I have never felt that way, I was able to easily grasp the concepts and learn the language, and if I have questions or are unsure of how the best approach, I know the answers I find out on CF bloggers sites are top notch. <LI>(Gabriel Roffman etesters) Congratulations on having such a long running conference! <LI>(Mike Kelp EdomGroup, Inc.) I've worked in .Net, Java, PHP, Ruby, and Python and still find ColdFusion the absolute best tool for the web development job. The biggest disappointments I'm seeing in the community right now are the obsession with cfscript and the number of people getting overexcited about Ruby. There are many far better languages, but it seems people get excited about some of the utility functions that in most cases only help you out of very poor logic or Rails, which has many good ideas but falls short of being the all powerful framework it is pitched as. Most people also far underrate CF's capabilities in memory management and efficiency compared to others. Opening your mind a little past the general buzz of the blogosphere you can find some very unique (behavioral, dynamic) design patterns that are so easier to work with in CF than other languages. <LI>(Kevin Pepperman Liquid Blue LLC) CFML is my preferred language for web accessible content. I feel that it leverages the best ways to deliver and manage web based content, and now that there are open source alternatives to ACF, that the language will continue to be adopted. The CFML communitys are second to none. <LI>(Daniel Fredericks Alion) Now that I have started seeing CF in a whole new light, being one of the if not the most knowledgeable CF'er in terms of new stuff at my job, I've seen how CF really has advanced. I see how the community is very passionate about CF and how helpful they are as well. CF has really come a long way since I started, and well, so have I. I may not be the best developer, but I really want to learn more and more. <LI>(Tom Tedeschi Information, Inc.) Over the years we've found CF far and away the fastest environment to develop in, and have yet to come up against a problem we couldn't solve with it. <LI>(Bob Stobener Raley's) ColdFusion is the Macintosh of programming languages. Back when Apple and the Mac was on the ropes in the 90's, everyone had written the platform off. Today the industry follows their lead. I hope the same will happen with ColdFusion. Adobe and the ColdFusion community has to become more aggressive in promoting CF to consultant agencies and IT departments (the ones who make the decisions). It has to gain MindShare. Also, you have to be able to convince Java programmers that their life would be much simpler with CF as a front end, if nothing else. Adobe should be extremely thankful for open source engines like Railo as well as the CF community. They promote externally to Adobe's customer base (while Adobe seems content with it's dwindling customers). Just like Apple and the Mac reinvented itself with a determined commitment to succeed by aggressively showing the world its products, Adobe must relentlessly elevate ColdFusion to the industry and promote its tremendous value. surveycommunityTue, 23 Mar 2010 17:07:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/23/What-developers-are-saying-about-ColdFusion-and-CFUnitedTopic Voting Opens to Public!http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/8/Topic-Voting-Opens-to-Public Hello world of all things ColdFusion, Flex and Air! We are officially opening up the list of topics for the community to vote on! Our keen and trusty Advisory Board have voted on some of these topics already. Some of the topics they are voting on as we speak (blog). But we want to hear the voice of the people, the CF fanatics, the proud self-proclaimed geeks that truly represent what CFUnited is all about! Answer the call to action and make your voices heard! Evaluate the topics submitted and <b><a href= "http://callforspeakers.cfconf.org/?event=vote&eventId=188">VOTE</a></b> From gurus to newbies, everyone in the world and their dogs can vote (as long as they have an e-mail address) until <b>February 12, 2010</b>. featuredsurveycommunitytopicsMon, 08 Feb 2010 17:39:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/8/Topic-Voting-Opens-to-PublicATTENTION: State of the CF Union Survey Takers!!http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/1/ATTENTION-State-of-the-CF-Union-Survey-Takers Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey! As a token of our appreciation, please use the following code, CFSurv50, to get $50 off your registration for CFUnited 2010. <b>HOWEVER</b> - you have to use it <b>before</b> Valentine's Day! That's right! Show your love and <a href="http://register.cfunited.com">register!</a> featuredregistrationpromotionssurveydiscountsMon, 01 Feb 2010 12:23:00 -0400http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/1/ATTENTION-State-of-the-CF-Union-Survey-Takers